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the return of 99x

I picked up 97.9 very well on the Duluth side of Peachtree Ridge.

I have noticed that Peachtree Ridge (Old Ptree Road), being the eastern continental divide between the waters that flow into the Atlantic and the waters that flow into the Gulf, tends to be a hurdle for weaker ATL or North GA stations to cross. WZGA and WMJE come in noticeably more poorly on the Atlanta (south/east) side while WNNX and WWLG come in noticeably more poorly on the other (north/west) side. I will have to listen to 97.9 on the north GA side to see if this holds true for W250BC.
 
RTibbs said:
D. Sgruntled said:
I'm intown. Little 5 Points/Old Fourth Ward area and am getting nothing but static.
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Perhaps Project is jamming the signal.
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Has Project responded to 97.9 with any witty liners or comments?

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I'm pretty sure the Morse Code does not need to be audible either. Those are the FCC rules. Many of the translator transmitters have the morse code ability built it and three times a time will air the IDs automatically in Morse Code. The FCC ruled recently that the HD signal can be repeated over a FM translator. They are also granting special temporary authority for AM stations to repeat their programming over FM translators.


JoshuaC said:
jabba17 said:
JoshuaC said:
jabba17 said:
The legal id for 99X (on 99.7 HD-2) is WWWQ-HD2, since 99.7 is WWWQ. You should also hear the legal id for the translator (right?-not sure how that works).
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I'm not sure they need to actually give the Translator Calls (W250BC). WWWQ-HD2 is the "Legal ID," although this is going to raise some questions (and perhaps finally give some much needed clarity) to how to appropriately ID an HD Multi-cast Channel. If the FCC is going to allow for HD Multicast Channels to be legitimate program sources for Translators, then they are going to have to Aurally give the Legal ID and not just rely on the visual display on an HD Receiver.
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I know once a day the "parent" station has to give a rundown of all translators rebroadcasting the parent station...
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Upon greater research, I find I am wrong (as I often am). Translators do need to identify their calls, but they do not fall under the same rules as Standard FM Stations. They only need to do it 3 times a day during certain ranges of time, OR they need to do it hourly via Morse Code (don't ask me why, as the FCC: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/47cfr74.1283.htm)

So theoretically, three times a day they must identify themselves as WWWQ-HD2 ATLANTA, W250BC RIVERDALE
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RTibbs said:
Cool but what will they still call it 99x? I guees it doesn't matter greatly since no more diaries exist. I wonder if TRG will be the morning show there to see if they casn squeeze a few more people into their ratings or to prevent slight erosion?
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Pipe in Toucher & Rich from Boston!
 
The signal is strong in northern Gwinnett. It is almost as strong as 100.5's signal.
 
Fine inside office in Buckhead, no problems on the ride home to Acworth/Dallas area, still fine inside the house except a couple of small radios.
 
Mr_Winston-Salem said:
The signal is strong in northern Gwinnett. It is almost as strong as 100.5's signal.
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I don't know about Riverdale, but the signal is strong in Dahlonega (on a ridge with a clear shot to ATL). 250 watts carries!
 
trusty said:
Mr_Winston-Salem said:
The signal is strong in northern Gwinnett. It is almost as strong as 100.5's signal.
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I don't know about Riverdale, but the signal is strong in Dahlonega (on a ridge with a clear shot to ATL). 250 watts carries!
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This is not 250-270 watts, it is at least 3000. No way,, it will carry that far.. I carried it all the way to Almost Dalton on I-75. ???
 
BRENT said:
trusty said:
Mr_Winston-Salem said:
The signal is strong in northern Gwinnett. It is almost as strong as 100.5's signal.
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I don't know about Riverdale, but the signal is strong in Dahlonega (on a ridge with a clear shot to ATL). 250 watts carries!
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This is not 250-270 watts, it is at least 3000. No way,, it will carry that far.. I carried it all the way to Almost Dalton on I-75. ???
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But W250BC is on a really tall stick (one of the Briarcliff channel 5/46 candelabras). I'm not a radio engineer but it seems like tower height can more than make up for low power, as long as there's no interference from another signal.

Keep in mind that WZGC cut their power back from 100kW (thanks to the other poster for the reminder) when they moved off of the Peachtree Plaza (what us ATL natives call the Westin) onto a taller tower (they're also on one of the Briarcliff candelabras). WYAY did the same thing when they moved from the River stick (where they were only about halfway up the tower) to the Fish stick (probably the tallest tower in metro ATL, over half a kilometer in HAAT).

Compare this to WRAS and WREK and WRFG, much more powerful signals (100k in the case of Album 88 and soon WREK) but on much smaller towers.
 
BRENT said:
This is not 250-270 watts, it is at least 3000. No way,, it will carry that far.. I carried it all the way to Almost Dalton on I-75. ???
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Yes, it is 250 W ERP...unless me and several others did some really bad math and turned gains into losses. I taught algebra and calculus at the university level for a couple of years, so I think we're pretty safe there. As jabba mentioned, with FM and its line-of-sight characteristics, height is everything - and a little over 1000 feet AGL is by no means shabby. Another major factor playing into the performance of 97.9, which jabba also mentions, is the lack of co-channel or adjacent-channel interference. When you combine the height and lack of interference, that 250 W gets out.

Can that be called "green" radio? The addition will be negligible, if even noticeable, on the electric utility bill.
 
Its antenna height is 940 feet. I listened to it this morning all the way from Northlake into Cobb County and into Mableton. On my car radio, it came in strong all the way. It should come in well in Buckhead offices, but I doubt it will penetrate downtown buildings.
 
I get them cleanly up in Marble Hill. It only gets static when going through the hills in spots. It actually comes in better than Star 94.
 
Zach said:
Are they using RDS? ;)
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Yes, identifying the station as "99X at 97.9". No song info. available.

Would they (or are they allowed to) turn on HD on this translator station?
 
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